What will western and Syrian spy services be focusing on following the fall of Bashar al-Assad? Is Russia and Iran’s withdrawal from Syria similar to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan? Were the security services predicting that the Assad regime would collapse so quickly?

Join David McCloskey and Gordon Corera as they answer all these questions and more in this emergency episode of The Rest Is Classified.

For further reading, check out David and Gordon’s recommended profiles below:

Razan Saffour - @RazanSpeaks

Aaron Zelin - @azelin

Leila Al-Shami - @LeilaShami

Charles Lister - @Charles_Lister

Synaps Network - @SynapsNetwork

Kim Ghattas - @KimGhattas

Emma Beals - @ejbeals

Steve Heydemann - @SHeydemann

Rim Turkmani - @Rim_Turkmani

Lina Ghoutouk - @linaagho

Sednaya Missing - @sednayamissing

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Assistant Producer: Becki Hills

Producer: Callum Hill

Senior Producer: Dom Johnson

Exec Producer: Tony Pastor

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